Comparing prices at the grocery store can be tricky, but reader Schmaltzed has a trick to help: look for the unit pricing, usually listed right next to the item pricing at most grocery stores.

There are a lot of reasons you're paying too much at the grocery store, but one thing that can throw you off is different sizes. This orange juice may be cheaper, but it also comes in a bigger bottle than the brand next to it, so comparing their prices is like comparing apples and oranges (pun mostly intended). Schmaltzed says it's really easy to find out which is cheaper, though:

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All of the grocery stores I've ever been to have unit pricing as well as the regular price, so you can compare the per ounce or per pound prices instead of trying to do multiplication and division in your head.

It's pretty small on some labels, so you may not have realized it was there. Check it out next time you go. It's just a quick way to see which items will actually cost you less when you're shopping.

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